Analysis of Protection from What
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Do not handle; do not touch
And don’t forget your gloves
But how then can we worship God?
And who are we to love?
Bacteria won’t make you sick!
Believing lies will do it!
And if you follow the ways of men
Then I’m sure that you blew it
Jesus did not fear the touch of lepers
And he could show it
By reaching out his unprotected hand
So, all would know it
He touched the man with leprosy
But it did not spread to him
Instead the man’s disease was cured
And God received praise through him
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1110111 010111 11111101 011111 01001111 0101111 011100111 1111111 1011101110 01111 110110101 11111 11011100 1111111 01010111 0101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 498 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on March 16, 2011
Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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